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Remembering Atul Butte, Inaugural Director of Bakar Institute at UCSF
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UCSF BCHSI

In Loving Memory of Atul Butte, 1969-2025

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A Decade of Impact: Celebrating Atul Butte & BCHSI@10
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We were honored and delighted to share our 10 year anniversary “A Decade of Impact: Celebrating Atul Butte & BCHSI@10” with more than 200 people this week. We heard from many of our…

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Big Data Begins to Crack the Case of Endometriosis
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Led by Sirota Lab graduate student Umair Khan in collaboration with Marina Sirota and Linda Giudice. The study, which appeared in Cell…

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Gift Launches $200M Initiative for the Weill Cancer Hub West
Source: UCSF News

BCHSI affiliated faculty Julian Hong's Project IMPACT is awarded to build artificial intelligence systems that integrate clinical and biological data for precise, personalized cancer treatments.…

UCSF, Stanford researchers predict newborn health outcomes using AI, EHR data
UCSF, Stanford researchers predict newborn health outcomes using AI, EHR data
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Becker's Healthcare
February 16, 2023

Marina Sirota, UCSF BCHSI and Stanford collaborators publish in Science Translational Medicine.

High Honors for Outstanding Science Contributions
High Honors for Outstanding Science Contributions
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UCSF
January 31, 2023

Atul Butte is named 2022 fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Big Little Lives
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UCSF Magazine
January 20, 2023

Bakar faculty Marina Sirota et al microbiome work highlighted in the context of pregnancy outcomes.

Travel time to abortion facilities grew significantly after Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
Travel time to abortion facilities grew significantly after Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
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JAMA
November 1, 2022

Bakar faculty, senior author Yulin Hswen publishes on abortion access post: Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Decision.

Win NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Grant
Win NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Grant
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UCSF School of Medicine
October 31, 2022

Bakar faculty Hani Goodarzi receives the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award.

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2 BCHSI Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2022
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UCSF
October 17, 2022

Two Bakar Faculty – Ida Sim and Katie Pollard are among the 3 elected.

Scientists show how EMR may be used to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists show how EMR may be used to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease
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NIA NIH
September 22, 2022

The NIA NIH highlighted work by BCHSI faculty lead Alice Tang, Sirota Lab and Information Commons team.

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Joint Computational Health PhD Program Opens Applications Today
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UC Berkeley
September 15, 2022

Program is administered in partnership with the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at Berkeley and UCSF BCHSI.

UCSF AI4ALL Summer 2022 Wraps Up with Final Symposium
UCSF AI4ALL Summer 2022 Wraps Up with Final Symposium
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BCHSI
September 8, 2022

29 talented high school students learned about AI applications in biomedicine.

De-ID Clinical Notes Scale Project Wins Golden Sautter Award
De-ID Clinical Notes Scale Project Wins Golden Sautter Award
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UC Office of the President
August 17, 2022

BCHSI faculty gain highest UC Tech award honor for Deidentifying Clinical Notes at Scale.

March of Dimes Launches New Data-Focused Prematurity Research Center at UCSF
March of Dimes Launches New Data-Focused Prematurity Research Center at UCSF
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March of Dimes
June 23, 2022

BCHSI faculty Marina Sirota et al will focus on data sharing, computational drug discovery, leveraging real world data to help prevent preterm birth.

New Biomarker Classifications May Improve Treatment for High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients
New Biomarker Classifications May Improve Treatment for High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients
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UCSF
June 3, 2022

BCHSI faculty Laura van’t Veer & team findings will guide treatment prioritization.